Bellarmine on Psalm 1 : Verse 7 (conclusion)

Verse 7

For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum; et iter impiorum peribit.

He offers a reason why the wicked will not receive the glory of the just at the judgement : namely, since the way of the just is approved by God, who cannot be deceived, and it leads to the city of God, but he way of the wicked is not approved by God, and those who walk it labour in vain, for they will never arrive (in  the city of God). That word knoweth is to be read as referring tot he knowledge of approval; and when it is said that “ the Lord knoweth the way of the just,” we are assured that they who follow this path have certainty of true happiness. The words “ the way of the wicked shall perish,” mean that their journey will be made in vain, because their path does not lead to the chosen place. Accordingly, in this text the word way is not to be read as 

referring to a physical route, on which we journey, but to the journey in itself, as we have said. By journey however is to be understood the whole course of a life, studies, works, struggles, all of which are of no avail to the wicked. This psalm can be applied to all the Saints, but most especially , by way of 

antonomasia,[1] to Christ, who (alone) among all men and Angels did not deviate from the law of God, but fulfilled the law perfectly,even unto death. Like a tree which is planted near the waters of a stream, having a soul conjoined hypostatically with the living fount, which is the Word of God, the fount of Wisdom in the heavens, He is crowned with glory and honour, and puts forth wondrous fruits, and leads them to ripeness, for He calls the elect, justifies them and magnifies them.

[1] The substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name. Also: the substituted epithet itself. The use of the proper name of a particular individual as a generic term to denote others who belong to an implied type; an instance of this. OED.

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.